Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesH-IIA 202Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
JDRS-1
Launched
November 29, 2020
Image: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Summary
JDRS-1 launched on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA 202 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on November 29, 2020. It was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's 44th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 6,020th orbital launch attempt. It was the 29th H-IIA 202 flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Deta chukei eisei 1-goki, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 263 × 35,804 km orbit inclined 28.4°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Vehicle
- H-IIA 202 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 29th H-IIA 202 flight · 3rd this yearMitsubishi Heavy Industries's 44th launch4th this yearhumanity's 6,020th orbital launch attempt98th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Deta chukei eisei 1-goki · NORAD 47202 · 2020-089 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2020-089A
- Epoch
- 2020-11-29 13:38:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27719432 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7281643
- Inclination
- 28.4311°
- Ascending node
- 216.4797°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.0435°
- Mean anomaly
- 197.3625°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Deta chukei eisei 1-goki · NORAD 47202 · in orbit
H-2A F43 Stage 2 · re-entered June 12, 2021
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
JDRS-1 is a Japanese Data Relay Satellite.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
50th launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 3rd this year · 83rd from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
132 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Tanegashima Space Center, JapanOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success confirmed.
Show 2 earlier updates
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/27/2020 · source
Setting GO per NOTAM P3975/20
spacevogel · 11/24/2020
Questions
When did JDRS-1 launch?
JDRS-1 launched on November 29, 2020. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch JDRS-1?
Coverage: 2020.11.29 H-IIAロケット43号機打上げ / H-2A Rocket F43 Launch Live streaming. Watch the replay
What rocket launched JDRS-1?
H-IIA 202, flown by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. H-IIA 202 spec sheet
Where did JDRS-1 launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did JDRS-1 reach?
Deta chukei eisei 1-goki, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 263 × 35,804 km orbit inclined 28.4°.
How many satellites did JDRS-1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).